Photographic measuring device



G. MOE. PHOTOGRAPHIC MEASURING DEVICE.

'APPLICATIQN FILED AUG.28. 19w.

1,418,602. PatentedJune 6,1922.

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GERHARD not, name CLAIRE, WISCONSIN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERHARD Mon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ofEau Claire,'county ofEau Claire, and State of Wisconsin,have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Phd tographic Measuring Devices, of which the tollowing IS a SPBClfiCLlJlOIL' Y My invention relates to new and useful improvements in photographic-f measuringdevices, and has for its object the provision of a device whereby they object measured may be quickly and accurately disposed at a predetermined distance from a photographic measuring chart. hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed. i

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in Other objects will appear which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing its relatlve position to a measuring chart.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of my invention, showing its use.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of my invention. v

My invention is designed to be used in conjunction with. a photographic measuring chart which is used for taking a persons measurements by photographing the person positioned before the, chart. The photographic chart to which reference is made, is

used for taking the measurements of a perurements of theperson can be accurately and quickly determined from an inspection of these squares. In order that the image of the person, as the same appears upon the chart back ground of the photograph,-may

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Specification of Letters Patent. PatQn tedQJun 6, Application .filed August. 28, mm. semi-n0. 320,506.,

. be accurately registered there,' it necessary that the person be a-predetermined distancefrom the" photographic measuring chart-when the photographis made. It is also necessary that the camera by which the photograph is takembe a"predetermineddis-a tance from the chart.

son to be photographed the requisite predetermined distance from the chart] Vari- The camera giener- ,ally isrigidly mounted predetermined distance from the measuring chart, and it is. then necessary merely to position the perous methods have been employed to position 1 the person the requisite distance from the chart, such as, for instance, marking aline upon the floor, but the average person does notreadlly assumethe requlr'ed position,

with a consequent loss of considerable time; My'invention consists in a device whichis designed to afford a means of positioning the person to be measuredthe requisite dis tance from the chartwith a minimum loss of time.

.The approved form of construction con sists of cross members 5 and 6, the members 5extending.perpendicularly to the plane of":

the chart3, the members '6 being at right' angles to the' members 5.-- The; members 5 and -6 are secured to the floor or base in con-- junctionlwithv which the chart 3is used,.by.-v suitable "fastening means 7, a predetermined distance from the chart 3. In use, the pervson to be measured is placed with the front edge of the heels 8 of his shoes against one edge of one pair of the cross members, the

other pair of cross members extending bethe edge oi". engagement:

tween th 'shoes of the person, the sole 9 of'the shoes lying in with themembers that extend between the T same. Inth'is manner the person is afforded a means of assuming a position which isthe proper distance -from the photographic chart, and centrally positioned relatively thereto. The members 5 and 6 being crossed in the manner indicated, the person to be measured may readily assume a position at the propel-distance from the chart, facing different directions. ii While I haveillustrated and described the preferred form of construction for car rying'my invention into-effect, this is'capablev of variationand modification. without departing from the'spirit of the invention. 1, therefore,*do not wish 'to'be limited to the precise details of the construction set forth,

but desireto; avail myseltof such variations and modifications as come Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described m invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is lfln combination with a photographic measuring chart, a plurality otheel locating members positioned a predetern'iined distance from said chart and disposed at right angles to each other, one of said'rnembers extending perpendicularly to said chart suh- I stantially as described.

2. In combination with a photographic measuring chart,a plurality oi heel locatingrneinbcrs positioned a predetermined disdisposed at right extending perpendicularly to said chart, and one palr of said members being adapted to he engaged by the heels of the person to be measured and the other pair of said menihers extending longitudinally hetweenthe feet of the person to be rne asured, substantially as described.

In combination with a photographic measuring chart, a plurality of heel locating members disposed at right angles to each other and adapted to engage the object meas ured with said chart, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GERHARD on.

l Vitnesses I H. R. GILBnRTsoN, A. JSUTHERLAND. 

